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Q180202: WD97: How to Keep OnEntry Macro from Running at Document Open

Article: Q180202
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbdtacode kbwordvba word97
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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When you use form fields in Word and you have assigned an OnEntry macro to the
first form field in a document, the OnEntry macro will automatically run when
the document first opens.

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub
procedure) that can be used to work around this issue.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro tests to see if, upon
the execution of the macro, the document's Open event has triggered the OnEntry
macro.

     Sub OnEntry()

        Dim sOpenStatus As String
        ' An error occurs the first time this macro is
        ' run because the document variable does not yet exist,
        ' so we just resume to the next line (the If...Then...Else
        ' statement).
        On Error Resume Next

        ' Get the value of the document variable DocOpen,
        ' and put the value into the string variable sOpenStatus.
        sOpenStatus = ActiveDocument.Variables("DocOpen")

        If sOpenStatus = "" Then

           ' On the first run of this macro, the value of
           ' sOpenStatus will be Null because it does not
           ' yet exist, so we create the document variable and
           ' set the value to "Already Open."
           ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="DocOpen", _
              Value:="Already Open"

        ElseIf sOpenStatus = "Just Opened" Then

           ' If the value of the document variable equals "Just Opened,"
           ' do not run the other code section of this macro
           ' and make the document variable equal "Already Open."
           ActiveDocument.Variables("DocOpen").Value = "Already Open"

        Else

           ' Other code section runs ONLY if the variable
           ' sOpenStatus equals "Already Open." Place your
           ' code here that you want to run only when the
           ' form field is tabbed to or clicked on.

           '<<< Your OnEntry Code Goes Here >>>

        End If

     End Sub

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: wordcon on-entry

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Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode kbwordvba word97 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbhowto

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